Book Details

362 Pages

Publisher : P&R Publishing Company

Publication Date : November 2002

Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change

Tripp, Paul David

Are you content with a consumer mentality in church, ready to sit back and let the professionals take care of the hard stuff? We all need the ministry of the body of Christ, and each of us is called to assist in that ministry. Based on the principle that God uses people who need to change to help facilitate change in others, this book begs to change the very culture of the American church.

Endorsements (6)

“A wonderful reminder that everyone who belongs to Jesus can help others. God gave us to each other! This is a wise and helpful book that should change your life and that of the church. Read it! You'll be glad.”

Steve Brown

Skip Ryan

Chancellor and Professor of Practical Theology at Redeemer Seminary

“Tripp is a careful and skillful physician of the heart. He unites a loving heart with a mind trained to the Scriptures. This book is a great companion for pastors and counselors. It will guide anyone who wants to give real help to others, the saving help that is found in Christ’s redeeming work.”

Richard D. Phillips

author, Walking With God

“A wonderful application of the old Gaelic saying, ‘God strikes straight blows with crooked sticks.’ As inadequate as we are, God is eager to use us to help others change. The more you apply the biblical principles discussed in this book, the more readily you will fit into his mighty hand.”

Ken Sande

author, The Peacemaker

Product Description:

We might be relieved if God placed our sanctification only in the hands of trained professionals, but that is not his plan. Instead, through the ministry of every part of the body, the whole church will mature in Christ.

Paul David Tripp helps us discover where change is needed in our own lives and the lives of others. Following the example of Jesus, Tripp reveals how to get to know people, and how to lovingly speak truth to them.

Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands is a comprehensive treatment of how God uses people as tools of change in other people’s lives, people who themselves are in need of change.

In many ways, the church today has more consumers than committed participants. We see church merely as an event we attend or an organization we belong to, rather than as a calling that shapes our entire life. Tripp explains how his work follows an “all of my people, all of the time” model. If you followed the Lord for a thousand years, you would still need the ministry of the body of Christ as much as you did the day you first believed. This need will remain until our sanctification is complete in Glory.

Endorsements for Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change

“A wonderful reminder that everyone who belongs to Jesus can help others. God gave us to each other! This is a wise and helpful book that should change your life and that of the church. Read it! You'll be glad.”

Steve Brown

Skip Ryan

Chancellor and Professor of Practical Theology at Redeemer Seminary

“Tripp is a careful and skillful physician of the heart. He unites a loving heart with a mind trained to the Scriptures. This book is a great companion for pastors and counselors. It will guide anyone who wants to give real help to others, the saving help that is found in Christ’s redeeming work.”

Richard D. Phillips

author, Walking With God

“A wonderful application of the old Gaelic saying, ‘God strikes straight blows with crooked sticks.’ As inadequate as we are, God is eager to use us to help others change. The more you apply the biblical principles discussed in this book, the more readily you will fit into his mighty hand.”